Sure it's way too early, but what the hell. 247 has put out their list of the top 25 recruits in the 2014 class, many of whom already hold Michigan offers. Most notable is Malik McDowell, DE out of Detroit, listed as #23 in the nation (#1WDE).
http://247sports.com/Recruit/Top-247/2014
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Fixed, thanks.
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He's 23 btw. I read some
He's 23 btw. I read some where that peppers likes Michigan a lot. Not saying we are going to get him but were on his list for now.
Touchdown Manningham! MICHIGAN WINS!
Sam Webb earlier in the week
Sam Webb earlier in the week said peppers grew up a Michigan fan. Who knows what that means, and it certainly hasn't seemed to help us in other cases. I hope we get him though, he apparently was a stud when his team played Kalis' team last season.
Last
Last Tuesday, I talked with Jabrill (who coincidentally found out about his offer five minutes after we got off the phone) and he said he grew up rooting for Michigan and that his favorite players were Mike Hart and Mario Manningham. He called an offer from Michigan "a dream come true". They'll be in it for him for sure.
It makes me feel really old
It makes me feel really old when players say their favorite players growing up were Mike Hart and Mario Manningham.
#3 Jabrill Peppers, CB, is
#3 Jabrill Peppers, CB, is listed as "warm" on Michigan. Go get'em Mallory!
The swag is back.
I'll do my best, Butterfield!
Yo, Mallory - thanks.
The swag is back.
looks like
The state of Virginia is loaded in 2014. Let's raid them
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Andrew Brown is someone that
Andrew Brown is someone that Tremendous reported Michigan having interest in, as well. A lot of people were talking about that camp in VA that Hand dominated in, but Brown wasn't far behind. Stick with the video until his celebration at the end, it's worth it..
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God help college football if
God help college football if kids from Virginia and New Jersey start staying home for a change.
How many times have you been on the freeway and had someone fly by you at 100 mph then end up 2 cars ahead of you at the off ramp? What's the point? -Mark Harmon
Can you imagine if we manage to pull in both
Hand and McDowell? I'm salivating at the thoughts.
Yep, that's Simba made out of a pineapple.
Takes a lot more than just
Takes a lot more than just Hand to get me that excited.
Except for the other thing. That hurts the most. But the lack of respect hurts the second most.
Also, Damian Prince(OT) at
Also, Damian Prince(OT) at 13, Bentley Spain(OT) at 17 and Jalan Tabor(CB) at 20
Well, the South certainly is
Well, the South certainly is well represented. No need to worry about that.
Michigan
It's very early, as Brian pointed out in the UV yesterday, but Michigan should be in it for three of these kids for sure (Peppers, Prince and McDowell). All three have expressed a relatively high interest at this point.
Are you still going to become
Are you still going to become a paid contributor?
It would be great to see
It would be great to see Jabrill commit early on and set the stage for the 2014 class like Shane did for the 2013 class.
welcome, romulox
i look foward to many fine insights
I'm so focused on the 2013
I'm so focused on the 2013 guys right now that 2014 is barely on my radar. Get back to me on the day after 2013 NLI day.
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You'll be late to the party
the 2014 class will be full by then.
"close your mouth and open your mind" - Al Borges
#17 Bentley Spain (OT) is
#17 Bentley Spain (OT) is planning a summer visit to Ann Arbor per Sam.
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Screw Lance.
McDowell is not a WDE. Dude's
McDowell is not a WDE. Dude's huge. He might be a DT, but certainly not a WDE.
Agree
Though I'm guessing he is much more likely to end up at SDE than DT.
Overall though, we are looking at rankings for players that have only finished their Soph. years of high school. These will change a lot, a lot of players haven't even had a legit chance to showcase their talents yet, so this is really, really early.
It's true they have a long
It's true they have a long ways to go before the end up on campus, but guys don't usually get smaller between their HS soph years and college, and at 6'6" 265, he's already almost too big for WDE. Now, if he's so athletic that he can play WDE at that size, then, damn.
Meh, either way
SDE and 3-tech DT...is there much of a difference in Mattison's system anyways?
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There's not much difference
There's not much difference between SDE and 3-tech, but there's a big difference between WDE and either of those positions.
That last part
I did know. I was fairly certain that the 3-tech and SDE was basically the same thing in this defense. My understanding was also that the WDE was more like the same skill sets as the SLB and that the MLB and WLB were also similar to each other.
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Exactly. Which is why I said
Exactly. Which is why I said he'd either be a SDE or DT, and not a WDE (which is what 24/7 has him listed as).
Who wants to start a middle
Who wants to start a middle school recruiting site with me? Better question, who wants to make millions? I'll be holding tryouts this week.
It's the same old story. Boy finds girl, boy loses girl, girl finds boy, boy forgets girl, boy remembers girl, girls dies in a tragic blimp accident over the Orange Bowl on New Year's Day.
Just spitballin' here...
But sitting outside a middle school with binoculars and a clipboard might get you in trouble
Those are the words of
Those are the words of someone with some experience in that area.
I'll help with your middle
I'll help with your middle school site. I live right by a middle school, and I've been shocked at how old and developed middle schoolers look nowadays. I'm of course taking about the football players.
Most 8th grade teams have
Most 8th grade teams have plenty of 6 footers and 200 pounders already. That's huge. He'll I just saw a middle schooler run a 53 second 400 meters at a track meet. That's ridicules.
Hand
We've got a great shot with Da'shawn Hand. Friend of mine is his DC and I get updates on who is at the school daily...people have been offering this kid for months. Mattison has been to the school a few times. He is a very very smart kid and he is interested in engineering. He also loves the fact that Michigan is able to answer his questions about the campus and academics and not just football unlike Columbus Technical College and Beauty School. VT and Bama will be contenders, VT fo rengineering, Bama cause its Bama as well as Michigan.
He is the real deal..I went to the VTO camp with Mike Farrell and saw this kid and as a soph he was DESTROYING senior linemen with legit BCS offers. People could barely get a hand on him, much less block him. He has great work ethic, he is very intelligent and when i talked to him a coupel weeks ago, he's got a great hold on this recruiting thing
I look forward to more
I look forward to more updates because you seem to have good connections.
Greetings from Bolivia.
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Cool
Very cool to have someone with a connection to this situation. Keep us posted and make sure he sees at least 1 person wearing the Block M around.
So are
we actually a legit contender for De'shawn Hand then? Your post made it sound like M, VT, and Bama are the three most likely teams to land him.
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we should definitely
talk to the Hand.
There's a dude named Raekwon,
There's a dude named Raekwon, which is awesome/hilarious. Definitely offer that guy.
I hear he's
Only Built for Cuban Linx.
Moeller v. Excalibur Restaurant -- Fight!
he also loves ice cream,
he also loves ice cream, especially french vanilla, butter pecan and chocolate deluxe.
even caramel sundaes are
even caramel sundaes are getting touched
Jabril Peppers at #3 could be a gamechanger for Michigan. Also McDowell is 23 not 24.
Whatcha gonna do, little brother?